Centrifuge with steam sterilization

Details Centrifuge with steam sterilization Centrifuge with steam sterilization

2011-01-25

2011-01-25

Cooley, Charles E (Department: 1797)

Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators

With means for exchanging heat

Comprising or including means for cooling

C494S025000, C494S026000, C494S060000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07874973

ABSTRACT:
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a centrifuge in which a steam sterilization of a sample flow passage is performed, the centrifuge including: a rotor configured to centrifuging a liquid sample; a drive portion that drives and rotates the rotor; a chamber that accommodates the rotor therein, the chamber having a first and a second penetration holes provided on an upper and a bottom portions thereof, respectively; and a first and a second valves disposed on the first and the second penetration holes, respectively; wherein a cooling gas is introduced through one of the first and the second penetration holes and discharged through the other to cool a periphery of the rotor before or after execution of a centrifuging operation of the liquid sample.

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